Yulyana Saba Julian Saba (d. 377)

An ascetic living in the region of Edessa. Little is
known of his life apart from the fact that he made a pilgrimage to Sinai
(probably in 362); he is also said to have visited Antioch. The year
of his death is given in the Chronicle of
Edessa. A collection of 24 madroše on him
are attributed to Ephrem, of which the
first four are probably genuinely by him. Yulyana features in Theodoret’s ‘History of the Monks of Syria’ (ch. 2), and this
circulated separately in Syriac translation (ed. Bedjan, AMS, vol. VI, 380–404); he was also the subject of a mimro by Yaʿqub of Serugh (unpublished).